Delhi: Although the victory of Harmanpreet Kaur’s team is being compared with the victory of Kapil Dev’s team in 1983, but most of all it is being counted as the success of MS Dhoni’s World Cup winning team. ICC added spice to this discussion with one of its posts on social media. The heading that the brilliant pair in the World Cup refreshed the old memories and the title: ‘Same pride, after a gap of 14 years’ brought back the golden moments of MS Dhoni’s team’s memorable victory in the World Cup. ICC has beautifully combined these two eras of Indian cricket. After the win, Harmanpreet posed with the World Cup trophy in front of the Gateway of India in Mumbai, where Dhoni was shot with the Men’s ODI World Cup.

Women’s World Cup 2025 also compared with 1983 victory

Regarding the comparison between this 2025 World Cup win and the first win in 1983, Gavaskar considers both the wins as historic, but also says that the circumstances were very different. Kapil Dev’s team then played its first knockout match, whereas the women’s team had played two World Cup finals before 2025. On the other hand, if India’s 2011 World Title win ended the wait of 28 years, then the women’s team won the World Cup for the first time and the wait of 49 years ended.

The 2025 team joins the 2011 team and see the coincidences:

• Won both the finals in Mumbai: The women’s team played at DY Patil Stadium and the men’s team played at Wankhede Stadium.
• In both victories, the captain was at the center of a memorable moment: If Dhoni hit 6 at long-off, this time Harmanpreet took the catch of Nadine de Klerk.
• In both these finals, India lost the toss but won the match.,
• 8 years wait for two finals: India played the final in 2003 and only after 8 years, Dhoni’s team played the final. The final was played in 2005 and Harmanpreet’s team played the final only after 8 years.
• Date of semi-finals and final: In both these World Cups, India played the semi-finals on the 30th of that month and won the final on the 2nd of the next month.
• Defeated defending champions Australia: Prevented defending champions Australia from winning another title in 2011 and 2025. Won against Australia in both the tournaments.
• Loss to South Africa in group round: Dhoni’s team lost to South Africa by 3 wickets in the group round. This time too, Harmanpreet’s team lost to South Africa by 3 wickets in the group round.
• 6 partnerships of 100 runs: In the entire tournament, Dhoni’s team had 6 partnerships of 100 runs and Harmanpreet’s team also played 6 partnerships of 100 runs.
• Player of the match for all-rounder with 5 wickets: In 2011, an Indian bowler (Yuvraj Singh) took 5 wickets from Dhoni’s team and the same Yuvraj Singh was also selected as the Player of the Tournament. Deepti Sharma alone took 5 wickets from Harmanpreet’s team and she became the player of the tournament. Not only this, Yuvraj was a spin all-rounder while Deepti is also a spin all-rounder.
• Most runs by Mumbai players: The second highest run scorer in the 2011 World Cup tournament was from India (Sachin Tendulkar) while the second highest run scorer in the 2025 World Cup tournament was also from India (Smriti Mandhana). Both the players are from Mumbai.
• Indians took the most wickets: In the 2011 World Cup tournament, India’s Zaheer Khan took the most wickets (21), whereas in the 2025 World Cup tournament also, the bowler who took the most wickets was from India and Deepti Sharma (22) took the most wickets.
• Use of 15 different players: Dhoni’s team used 15 different players during the tournament, while Harmanpreet’s team also used 15 different players during the tournament. Even luck helped in making this record and Shefali Verma, who was out of the original team, played the match.